Apple publishes new technical details on privacy features

In the papers, Apple outlines how its new sign-in system tries to prevent the creation of fake accounts in apps, a problem for nearly all app developers that has taken on new importance with the advent of bots on social networks. — AP

Apple Inc on Nov 6 published four new papers outlining technical details of how some of the privacy features in its most recent operating systems work.

The white papers are similar to a security guide that Apple publishes for the iOS operating system that powers iPhones. They cover Apple's photo app, its Safari web browser, the location-based services on its mobile devices and a new service for signing into third-party apps introduced this year that competes with similar services from Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.